Connecticut western news., 1887-03-30
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30. 1887
Local News.


 Thursday morning.
 Eat and grow fat Patronize the new bakery wagon-see adv.
 Read notice of dissolution of the firm of Griggs & Chapin.
 Fred. B. Young, of New Hartford, visited relatives here over Sunday.
 Albert Hubbard says the storm of March 22 was the 45th snow-storm this season.
 Now read F. T. Whiting & Sons advertisement, which you have waited @ week for. MT D. P. Wheeler, of Washing ton Hollow, N Y, visited friends here last Saturday.
 Miss Mary J. Peck will occupy & part of Miss Kate 0. Lawrence's house after April |.
 -Gov Lounsbury has appointed Friday, the eighth day of April, as a day of fasting and prayer.
 Look out for shad, blue-fsh, fresh mackerel, escallops and long clans this week. O. P. GILLETTE
 Mrs Grove Dunham has been a great sufferer with dropsy during the winter, but is now improving.
 -Dr B. 0. Gidman, of Bristol, has rented part of Mrs David Scott's new house and will soon locate here.
 Geo. B. Cogswell moves from Lenox to West Stockbridge. April l to take charge of Fred. Tanners tin shop. Mrs J. s. Adam and daughter re- turned from Newark, N J., last Satur- day evening, in improved health.
 Mrs Levi W. Beckley went to New Hartford last Thursday to visit few days with her father, who Is S3 years old and in feeble health.
 -S. w. Barnes and family are now soiourning at the Hotel Roseland in Jacksonville, Fla, but leaves there to- morrow for Aiken.
 s'Sohmer" & Mathushek Pianos, Estey and Mason & Hamlin Organs rented or for sale by Capewell the Jeweler, No. 3S6 Main street, West Winsted, Conn.
 Two more cottages have been built during the winter at Pine Grove camp ground, aad the timber arrived last week for the new tabernacle, which will be 30 50 feet.
 -Messrs John Rodemeyer, Jr., and James Rodemeyer. editor and embryo edito respectively, of the Norwalk Gazette, visited their parents and friends in town from Thursday until Monday.
 We call especial attention to the advertisement of the Shelbyville Water Co.'S. first mortgage gold bonds, offered by Messrs Coffin $ Stanton, and Franl A. Peet. The latter is well-known as { conservative investor and he highly recommends these bonds.
 -C. H. White, the jeweler recently located in this village, now has lewelry store at Bridgeport. In renewing hi' subscription to the NEWS he takes occa sion to write, "I am doing very vel here" He is an excellent workman, ano all who know him wish him success.
 A horse belonging to c. B. Hol' comb recently got united in the stal during the night, and was kicked t' death by another horse into whose stal it wandered. Mir Holcomb had owue, the unlucky horse many years and hat become so attached to 1t that 1t scene, like one of the family.
 The New Milford Gazette of Marcl 25 contains a two-column article enti tied "The Iron Works at Kent Fur mace" Editor Bolles has given an ex scellent description of said furnace, ant a remarkably intelligent and compre Rensiye explanation of the process making iron. We can appreciate hi description of iron making as we wer trained to that business and have al ways been either directly or indirectl connected with 1t.
 Rev E. F. Barlew's impaired healt renders it imprudent, if not impossible for him to preach three sermons eac Sunday, and he recently called u meet ing of the trustees or official board an stated his need of an easier field. The would not consent to his leaving Canaa this year, and we understand that tn presiding elder will not insist on M Barlow's holding three services ever Sunday during the coming year. so it i virtually decided that he will renal here, for the bishop or the "appoin, ing powers" have of late years ende; vored to comply as far as possible wit the wishes of the pastor and people.
 The last annual report of the vii age improvement association of Canaan up in Litchiield county, showed such wide margin of negative profit that was deemed advisable to place tl management in the hands of the ladi of the town in order to rescue 1t fro the yawning abyss of certain collaps Accordingly ct the annual meetir